Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in the Brazilian state of São Paulo are liberal.

10 948 went into effect on 5 November 2001, providing for penalties to be applied to the practice of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and other measures.

[7][8][9] In 2006, a male gay couple from Catanduva, São Paulo officially adopted a five-year-old girl.

In 2005, the Latin American Center of Human Rights in Sexuality (Clam) interviewed participants in the São Paulo Gay Pride Parade and found that 65% of their respondents had experienced hate speech and/or suffered physical aggression.

[citation needed] The Richarlyson affair occurred in which a judge was brought before the Justice Council of São Paulo for stating in court that soccer is a "virile, masculine sport and not a homosexual one."